"While listening to Patti, you can't help but get lost in a sense of wonder. She pulls you in with her passion, grabbing your ears and holding on to your heart."   –Samantha Hunt, Singer/Songwriter 

With a career of performing, supporting and managing regional acts which spans over a decade, Patti is stepping-out as a solo artist.  Patti began writing and co-writing music as a way to kickstart solo performance and more intimate projects. Her 20+ years playing music, for a variety of projects and collaborations, brings an immense spectrum of genres to the table. Genres span from folk, bluegrass, blues, soul, jazz, rock and country. Patti's hunger for music is insatiable and shows when she performs. 

“Patti Steel is a powerhouse multi-instrumentalist, singer/songwriter, visual artist and photographer. A true artist, she always delivers a blend of her unique zest for life and deep well of creativity to every project making it not only light up, but shine brightly and powerfully” – Wendy Love Edge 

Patti is proficient in the following instruments: clarinet, mandolin, guitar, bass guitar, spoons, washboard and other percussion instruments, tambourine, Kazoo, slide whistle, train whistle, nose flute. She is also familiar with flute, saxophone, bassoon, French horn, trumpet among a few more. She has even dabbled in other instruments, and is always willing to learn more.  Patti also sings harmonies and lead vocals.   

“Patti is the definition of a utility player and all around musician. The multitude of instruments she plays brings a new dynamic to any project she performs with. Her ability to sing solo or match her harmonies with other vocals is a true talent in itself. Patti’s hard work behind the scenes only matches her work she obviously puts into her music craft as well and it shows.” – Erin Detherage, Lead Guitarist and Lessons Manager at Guitar Center 

Present/Past Music Management: Patti Steel Music, Gone So Long, Honey Shuffle (co-manage) The Trashcan Bandits, Steel Skye, PSS Trio, and Distant Minded.
Skills include: Managing, Marketing, Promotions, Booking, and Merchandising.   

She also performs regularly with Patti Steel Band, Chucky Waggs & the Company of Raggs, Gone So Long, Honey Shuffle, and Randall Shreve and the DeVilles, Duets with Michael Tisdale, Murray Williams and Pat Ryan Key, and sit in with many other bands.  

"Working with Patti is always a joy. She's very professional. She combines talent with personality in a way that not many are able to do. Working with Patti makes it difficult to not work with Patti." – Randall Shreve, Singer/Songwriter 

CHILDHOOD- 

Patti grew up with a father who has been a regional rock guitarist for many bands since the 1970s. So, she has always had the musical bug since she was a little baby. She first started playing clarinet because there was one in the family. She really had dreams of being a drummer but when in grade school there were already too many so clarinet it was. She had a great teacher early on named Mr. Greek who truly inspired her to learn as many instruments as she was capable to play. He helped her learn bass first for the junior high jazz band. She was then hooked on learning as many instruments as she could. In high school, she played bassoon, French horn, flute, and clarinet for the band. She was also involved in choir in junior and high school as well as the Webb City Singers (a musical dance group) as well as being a member all four years of the Webb City Redettes, a dance group in high school. She used to learn dance moves from watching music videos on MTV and then go teach her friends at the local parks. Needless to say, she has been performing most of her life. It is truly in her blood. She received many scholarships to attend different colleges for music but decided to stay local and go to MSSC in Joplin, MO. She usually performed with the concert band season. In 2002, her dear friend Anndrea Herman introduced her to some local open mic goers as well as campfire jammers and this is where Patti Steel really truly got her start of the “jam or improve style” that everyone knows of her today. Jim “Moose” Moss was a musical mentor to her from the very start. He encouraged her to continue on her path to play. He helped her understand how to jam with others well. He also helped her learn to play guitar and spoons. She attended her first Walnut Valley Festival in 2002 and she then fell in love with folk music, jam music and festival goers. Since then,  she has been gracing many stages with countless bands and singer/songwriters of all genres of music. 

Performed with so many projects:

Thomas Trapp & Friends 
Byron Berline Band (and Legacy Grass)
Mike Dillon Band 
Shinyribs
Shook Twins 
Kyle Tuttle
Rachel Ammons
Magnolia Brown
The Matchsellers 
The Hooten Hallers  
Chucky Waggs & the Company of Raggs 
Jenna & Martin
Jenna Rae
The Trashcan Bandits 
Cadre 
Honey Shuffle 
Gone So Long
PSS Trio 
The Hillbenders 
The Vine Brothers 
The Lonesome Narrows 
The Sutcliffes
The Last Waltz (Tribute to The Band/Nov. 2019) 
Randall Shreve & the DeVilles 
Randy Crouch Band 
The Deer 
Meandering Orange 
Cottonwood Snow 
Bonnie Paine and Friends 
Noah's Little Monster 
Fayetteville Roots Family Band (Maxine's) 
Groovement 
Grassfed 
Lilly B. Moonflower Band
Go on Git 
Foley’s Van 
1 oz Jig 
Makin Loaf 
We Dream Dawn 
Handmade Moments 
Opal Agafia and the Sweet Nothings 
Skye Pollard (& friends, Steel Skye)  
Dance Monkey Dance 
Ben Miller Band 
Dirtfoot 
Big Smith 
The Creek Rocks 
Shotgun Brothers  
Mountain Sprout  
Johai Kafa 
Amarugia Ridge Runners 
Olassa 
The Smile High Club 
Andi Frasco and the UN  
Honkysuckle  
Fast Food Junkies 
The Whistle Pigs  
Carrie Nation and the Speakeasy  
Honkey Suckle  
Dumptruck Butterlips  
Tragic Prelude 
Loaded Goat  
Guta 
Eureka Strings
Sprungbilly  
Cutty Rye (Chooch and the Sidehill Gougers) 
John Henry & Friends (The Earthshakers) 
The Squarshers 
Shannon Wurst Band 
Josh Jennings Band  
Take the Space 
The Ozark Travelors 
Goldfish Waterslide 
The Grannie Whites 
JR Soapbox  
The Banks of Trent Creek 
The Flaming Capos 
On The Edge (Comfortable Shoes Camp)  
Three on a Wire 
Isayah Warford and the All Stars 
SwingGrass 

WVF - Stages performed on include: Stage 2, Stage 3, Stage 4, Stage 5, Fine Time Stage, Stage 7 and Stage 11 among many street and camp jams

Singer/Songwriters or other solo musicians performed with:
Kyle Tuttle 
Bonnie Payne
Dylan Phillips
Mark Bilyeah 
Cindy Wolf 
Opal Agafia
Samantha Hunt
Jamie Lou & Garrett Brolund
Amber Watson 
Randall Shreve 
Jesse Dean 
Jeff Kearney 
Michael Tisdale
Derek Webster
Dan Martin
Isayah Warford 
Larry Huitt
Ashtyn Barbaree 
Sarah Loethen 
Dave Baer  
Dominic Bryan Roy 
Erin Detherage
Michael White  
Jim Graham  
Mike Snow
Heather Kearney
Lori Holyfield 
Karen Kennedy
Amy Schroer
Bill Gosch 
Rich Moore  
Tony Berkeotter
Jimmy "Wayne" Garrett  
Mendy Johnson  
Amber Dawn Gardner (The Grippy Picks & Siren) 
Lacy Morris Music 
and countless people who invite me on stage <3